Army Cadet Lesson List
The purpose of this document is to summarise the lessons and training available within the Army Section of the CCF or the Army Cadet Force. The extent to which you will be able to undertake this training is dependant on the infrastructure and qualifications of training staff within your unit. These lessons link directly to the relevant training syllabus.
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Fieldcraft and Tactics
Fieldcraft
Fieldcraft lessons form the backbone of Army Cadet training and can be conducted by any suitably knowledgable CFAV or Cadet who has been trained in Cadet Force Instructional Techniques.
Description | Duration |
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Lesson 1 – Preparation And Packing Of Personal Equipment | 40 mins |
Lesson 2 – Administration In The Field | 40 mins |
Lesson 2A – Maintaining Clothing And Equipment | 40 mins |
Lesson 2B – Maintaining Standards Of Personal Hygiene | 40 mins |
Lesson 2C – Feeding In The Field | 40 mins |
Lesson 3 – The Two Man Shelter | 2 x 40 mins |
Lesson 4 – Why Things Are Seen | 40 mins |
Lesson 5 – Personal Camouflage And Concealment | 40 mins |
Lesson 6 – Observation | 40 mins |
Lesson 7 – Judging Distance | 40 mins |
Lesson 7A – Judging Distance By Unit Of Measure | 40 mins |
Lesson 7B – Judging Distance By Appearance | 40 mins |
Lesson 7C – Aids To Judging Distance | 40 mins |
Lesson 8 – Indication Of Targets | 40 mins |
Lesson 9 – Range Cards | 2 x 40 mins |
Lesson 10 – Duties Of A Sentry | 2 x 40 mins |
Lesson 11 – Moving With Or Without Personal Weapons | 2 x 40 mins |
Lesson 12 – Field Signals | 30 mins |
Lesson 13 – Elementary Obstacle Crossing | 40 mins |
Lesson 14 – Selecting A Route Across Country | 2 x 40 mins |
Lesson 15 – Introduction To Night Training | 40 mins |
Lesson 16 – Elementary Night Movement | 40 mins |
Lesson 17 – Stalking | 2 x 40 mins |
Lesson 18 – Reaction To Fire Control Orders | 40 mins |
Lesson 19 – Keeping Direction At Night | 2 x 40 mins |
Lesson 20 – Individual Fire And Movement (F&M) | 2 x 40 mins |
Lesson 21 – Operating As A Member Of A Fire Team And Section | 3 x 40 mins |
Lesson 22 – Issuing Fire Control Orders (FCO) | 40 mins |
Tactics
Description | Duration |
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Section 1 -Tactical Principles And Leadership | N/A |
Section 1A – Tactical Principles | N/A |
Section 1B – Leadership | N/A |
Section 2 – Organisation And Grouping | N/A |
Section 3 – Patrolling | N/A |
Section 3A – Planning and Preparation | N/A |
Section 3B – Conduct | N/A |
Section 4 – Patrol Harbours | N/A |
Section 5 – Defence And Delay Operations | N/A |
Section 6 – Observation Posts (OPs) | N/A |
Section 7 – Ambushes | N/A |
Section 7A – Organisation | N/A |
Section 7B – Planning and Preparation | N/A |
Section 7C – Conduct | N/A |
Section 8 – The Attack | N/A |
Section 8A – Principles | N/A |
Section 8B – Fire and Movement (F&M) | N/A |
Section 8C – Hasty Attack: Section Battle Drills | N/A |
Section 8D – Hasty Attack: Platoon Battle Drills | N/A |
Section 8E – The Deliberate Attack | N/A |
Section 8F – Advance to Contact | N/A |
Section 9 – Battle Procedure, Functional Grouping And Orders | N/A |
Section 10 – Training In Woods And Forests (TIWAF) | N/A |
Section 10A – Offensive Operations | N/A |
Section 10B – Defence and Delay Operations | N/A |
Section 11 – Training In Built Up Areas (TIBUA) | N/A |
Section 11A – Offensive Operations | N/A |
Section 11B – Defensive Operations | N/A |
Miscellaneous Lessons
Description | Duration |
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Ranks and Badges of Rank | 30 mins |
Army Structure — Arms and Services | 30 mins |
CCF Chain of Command | 30 mins |
CCF — Selection and Initial Training in the Regular Army | 30 mins |
Leadership Development: Logical Problem Solving | 30 mins |
Leadership Development: Logical Problem Solving | 2 x 30 mins |
Leadership Development: Logical Problem Solving | 2 x 30 mins |
Orders | 4 x 30 mins |
Drill
Drill can be conducted by any suitably knowledgable CFAV or Cadet who has been trained in Cadet Force Instructional Techniques, however to increase personal competence attendance on a drill course can be arranged by your unit or Brigade.
Description | Duration |
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Introduction to Turnout | 30 mins |
Aim and Purpose of Drill and Basic Movements. | 30 mins |
Attention, Stand at Ease and Stand Easy | 30 mins |
Turnings at the Halt | 30 mins |
Compliments – Reasons and Origin | 30 mins |
Saluting to the Front | 30 mins |
Introduction to Marching | 30 mins |
Marching and Halting in Quick Time | 30 mins |
Forming up in 3 Ranks and Getting on Parade | 30 mins |
Open and Close Order | 30 mins |
Dismissing and Falling Out | 30 mins |
Saluting on the March – Eyes Right and Left | 30 mins |
Wheeling in Quick Time | 30 mins |
Changing Step in Quick Time | 30 mins |
Marking Time in Quick Time | 30 mins |
About turn in quick time | 30 mins |
Left and right turns on the march | 30 mins |
Parading and Inspecting a Squad, Moving it Off and Falling it Out. | 2 x 30 mins |
Drill Revision and Practice | 4 hrs |
Attention, Stand at Ease and stand easy and change arms from the shoulder | 30 mins |
Slope arms from the shoulder and Shoulder Arms from the Slope | 30 mins |
Ground arms from the slope and Take up arms from the ground arms | 30 mins |
Present arms from the slope / slope arms from the present | 30 mins |
Saluting at the halt (slope arms) and saluting on the march (slope arms) | 30 mins |
Definitions, words of command and directing flanks | 30 mins |
Skill at Arms
Skill at Arms (SAA) lessons listed here must only be conducted by a qualified SAA instructor who is themselves current (passed a WHT within 6 months) in the weapon system they are instructing. Cadet are only permitted to conduct supervised practice periods with the Cadet GP rifle in accordance with the training pamphlet and providing they have been suitably trained.
BSA Scorpion .177 Cadet Air Rifle
Description | Duration |
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General Description, Safety, Sights, Magazine Filling, Cleaning and Maintenance | 30 mins |
Basic Handling Drills | 40 mins |
Further Stoppages and Charging the Air Cylinder | 20 mins |
CZ200 .177 Cadet Air Rifle
Description | Duration |
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General Description, Safety, Sights, Magazine Filling, Cleaning and Maintenance | 30 mins |
Basic Handling Drills | 40 mins |
Further Stoppages and Charging the Air Cylinder | 20 mins |
Cadet Small Bore Target Rifle
Description | Duration |
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General Description, Safety, Sights | 40 mins |
Stripping, Assembly, Cleaning and Maintenance | 2x 30 mins |
Basic Handling Drills, Firing and Stoppages | 2x 40 mins |
Zeroing | 40 mins |
L98A2 Cadet GP Rifle
Description | Duration |
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Rifle Lesson 1: General Description, Safety and the Sights | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 2: Stripping and Assembling | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 3: Basic Handling Drills | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 4: Cleaning and Maintenance | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 5: Holding and Aiming in the Prone Position | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 6: Firing in the Prone Position | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 7: Firing Drills | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 8: Firing from Other Positions and use of Cover | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 9: Mechanism, Immediate Action and Stoppage Drills | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 10: Aiming Off and Miss Drill | 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 11: Carriage of the Weapon and Reaction to Effective Enemy Fire. | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 12: Firing at Crossing and Multiple Targets | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 13: Boresighting the Rifle with Iron Sight | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 14: Zeroing the Rifle with Iron Sight | 2x 40 mins |
Rifle Lesson 15: The Sub Calibre Adaptor L41A1 – Rimfire | 2x 40 mins |
Practice Period: Rifle Lessons 1 to 4 | 3x 40 mins |
Practice Period: Rifle Lessons 5 to 8 | 2x 40 mins |
Practice Period: Rifle Lessons 9 to 12 | 2x 40 mins |
Cadet Target Rifle
Description | Duration |
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General Description, Safety, Bipod, Slings and Sights | 2x 30 mins |
Fitting the Sling and Rifle Cleaning | 30 mins |
Sight Setting, Load, Unload, Misfires & Safe Handling | 2x 30 mins |
Adjusting the Rifle, Handling Ammunition and the User Log Book | 30 mins |
Mechanism of the Rifle | 30 mins |
Practice Period – Lessons 1, 2 3 and 4 | 40 mins |
First Aid
An instructor may take periods of first aid only when qualified in accordance with current policy. County First Aid Training Officers (CFATOs) are able to advise on current policy, which is published by the Army Cadet National First Aid Adviser and available on Westminster.
Description | Duration |
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Heart Start 1 | 30 mins |
Heart Start 2 | 30 mins |
Heart Start 3 | 30 mins |
Heart Start 4 | 30 mins |
CASSAID (Basic 1) | 30 mins |
CASSAID (APC) | 2 x 30 mins |
CASSAID (APC) | 2 x 30 mins |
CASSAID (APC) | 2 x 30 mins |
CASSAID (APC) | 2 x 30 mins |
Keeping Safe and Warm | 30 mins |
Youth First Aid (Provided the above lessons have already been taught | 8 hrs |
Basic First Aid 1 (Emergency Life Support) | 3 hrs |
Basic First Aid 2 (Basic First Aid) | 3 hrs |
Basic First Aid 3 (Emergency Life Support) | 2 hrs |
Activity First Aid | 8 hrs |
Activity First Aid (Top Up Modules) | 2 hrs |
Navigation
National Navigation Award Scheme (NNAS)
Any qualified adult instructor may instruct and assess cadets in the APC navigation syllabus. However, although ACF two-star navigation is aligned to a National Navigation Awards Scheme (NNAS) bronze award, this award may only be made when both the instructor and the assessor are approved and registered by NNAS, through the Army Cadet National Navigation Adviser. Similarly, CCF cadets may only earn NNAS awards when they have been taught and assessed by approved and registered instructors.
Description | Duration |
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Introduction to Maps | 30 mins |
Indentifying Handrails & Map Orientation | 30 mins |
Using Handrails, Map Orientation and Position | 30 mins |
Generic Map Symbols, Collecting and Catching Features | 2 x 30 mins |
Estimating Distance using Grids | 30 mins |
6-Figure Grid References | 30 mins |
Estimating Distance and Timing | 2 x 30 mins |
Ground Shape: Map and Ground | 2 x 30 mins |
Prominent Features: Map and Ground | 2 x 30 mins |
Orientating Using Prominent Features on the Ground | 30 mins |
Orientating a Map using a Compass | 30 mins |
Checking the Direction of Handrails with an Orientated Map | 2 x 30 mins |
Access in the Outdoors | 30 mins |
Planning a Route and Implimenting a Route Plan | 2 x 30 mins |
Cadet Force Instructional Techniques (CFIT)
A requirement for all new CFAVs and for Cadet NCOs, the CFIT package forms the basis of instruction in the Cadet Forces.
Description | Duration |
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Introduction to Cadet Forces Instructional Techniques | N/A |
Introduction to Planning and Preparing Training | N/A |
Introduction to Delivering Training and Assessing Cadets’ Performance | N/A |
Introduction to Evaluating Training and Identifying Improvements | N/A |
Introduction and Planing & Preparing a Lesson | N/A |
Delivery, Assessment and Evaluation of Skills Lessons | N/A |
Instructional Techniques | N/A |
Planning & Preparing Training | N/A |
Delivering Effective Training | N/A |
Assessing Cadets’ Performance and Evaluating Training | N/A |
Signals
With the introduction of the new PRC 710 cadet radio, came the introduction of a new cadet signals syllabus. For more information on the training and progressions, you can visit the Cadet Signals website.

Cadet CIS (Basic)
Instruction and assessment may be conducted by any competent CFAV.
Description | Teaching Periods |
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Use the NATO phonetic alphabet | 1 |
Have an understanding of Date Time Groups (DTG) and the 24-hour clock | 1 |
Assessment | 1 |
Cadet CIS (1 Star)
Instruction and assessment may be conducted by a CIS Basic Instructor as a minimum. This gives the cadet a knowledge of intra-Section (within the section) communications.
Description | Teaching Periods |
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Security – COIL | 1 |
Security Classifications | 1 |
Have a knowledge of the development of military communications including semaphore and morse | 2 |
Be able to setup and use a PRC 343, Personal Role Radio (PRR) | 1 |
Send a single message on a simple net | 1 |
Practical session and assessment | 2 |
Cadet CIS Radio User (2 Star)
Instruction and assessment may be conducted by a CIS Basic Instructor as a minimum. This gives the cadet a knowledge of inter-Section (with other sections) communications.
Description | Teaching Periods |
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Security and callsigns | 1 |
Aids to accuracy | 1 |
Discipline | 1 |
Basic radio net and establishing communications | 1 |
Introduction to the PRC 710 VHF section level radio | 1 |
PRC 710 practical sessions | 1 |
‘No play’ | 1 |
Voice procedure practical exercise | 2 |
Calling and answering | 1 |
Corrections and repetitions | 1 |
Practical exercise | 2 |
Written assessment | 1 |
Cadet CIS (3 Star)
Instruction and assessment may be conducted by a CIS Intermediate Instructor as a minimum. This gives the cadet a knowledge of Platoon level communications.
Establish communications using field cable and telephones |
Understand the advantages and disadvantages of line compared to other communications systems |
Set up, apply a channel and use a PRC 715 |
Safely erect the 5.4m mast and understand the principles behind VHF Antennas and Propagation |
Cadet CIS Signaller (4 Star)
Instruction and assessment may be conducted by a CIS Intermediate Instructor as a minimum.This gives the cadet a knowledge of Company level communications.
Know and understand the need for Communication Security (COMSEC) |
Understand the basic operation of the PRC 720, and HF radio nets |
Plan and prepare a cable route, including the crossing of obstacles |
Maintain and repair cable systems to ensure reliable communications |
Safely erect the 12m mast and understand the principles of HF Antennas and Propagation |